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1969 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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1969 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.673Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC7–01.0001+30Beat South Carolina 29–14
200.878Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+27BYE
310.924Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC8–01.0001+31Beat Northern Illinois 35–21
420.973Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–10.87511+28Beat Oklahoma 44–10
5-20.994USCPAC7–0–10.9389+25Beat Washington State 28–7
6-11.249Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–01.0001+16Beat Baylor 56–14
731.254Florida (FLORIDA)SEC6–1–10.81317+20Tied Georgia 13–13
861.257San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA7–01.0001+16Beat Pacific 58–32
9-21.264UCLAPAC7–0–10.9389+16BYE
10-11.317Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–20.75020+20Beat Mississippi State 52–13
1141.352Purdue (PURDUE)B107–10.87511+21Beat Michigan State 41–13
1201.356Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–01.0001+12Beat Wisconsin 62–7
1301.382Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–01.0001+13Beat Rice 30–6
14-61.382Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY7–01.0001+12Beat Columbia 37–7
1531.455LSUSEC7–10.87511+17Beat Alabama 20–15
1611.472Utah (UTAH)IND WAC7–10.87511+20Beat Wyoming 34–10
1721.605West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–10.87511+16Beat William & Mary 31–0
1841.619Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–1–10.81317+13Beat Pittsburgh 49–7
19-31.671Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI6–20.75020+15Beat Utah State 38–13
20-91.680Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC6–20.75020+17Lost to Utah 10–34
21101.715Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–20.75020+17Beat Iowa State 17–3
2271.721Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC6–20.75020+16Beat Southern Miss 37–7
23-21.787Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI5–1–10.78619+12Tied Virginia Tech 10–10
24-41.817Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–2–10.68836+13Tied Florida 13–13
25-21.835Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON7–10.87511+9Beat East Carolina 42–27
26-11.963Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–2–10.68836+9Beat Washington 21–7
2772.001Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC5–20.71431+11Beat New Mexico 48–17
2842.063Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–20.75020+8Beat Illinois 57–0
2962.093Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI5–20.71431+10Beat Tulsa 47–14
3002.183Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–30.62539+10Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 21–0
3172.184Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC6–20.75020+10Beat Maryland 34–21
32102.258Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B84–30.57150+12Beat Kansas State 28–19
33-72.263Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–30.62539+11Lost to LSU 15–20
34-72.314Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA6–20.75020+7Lost to San Diego State 32–58
3542.350North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC6–20.75020+10Beat Wichita State 47–0
36-32.359Colorado (COLORADO)IND B85–30.62539+11Beat Kansas 17–14
3762.369Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY5–20.71431+5Beat Harvard 51–20
3882.468Yale (YALE)IND IVY5–20.71431+11Beat Pennsylvania 21–3
39112.479Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–40.50055+10Beat California 35–3
40-42.496South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC5–30.62539+10Lost to Tennessee 14–29
41-132.509Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–30.57150+9Lost to Missouri 10–44
42-182.512Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B85–30.62539+6Lost to Oklahoma State 19–28
43-22.624Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON6–20.75020+1Beat Maine 40–28
4472.762Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–30.62539+7Beat Ohio 23–16
4532.938Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–30.625390Beat Furman 37–0
4612.973BYUIND WAC5–30.62539+2Beat San José State 21–3
47-103.026Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI5–20.71431-4Lost to Dayton 20–27
4873.122Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64338+7Beat Bucknell 28–7
4993.239West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI5–30.62539+7Beat Western Michigan 28–20
50-103.260California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–40.50055+2Lost to Oregon State 3–35
51163.287Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–40.42969+1Beat Navy 30–10
5283.287North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC4–40.500550Beat Virginia Military Institute 61–11
53-83.372Ohio (OHIO)MAC3–4–10.43867+2Lost to Bowling Green 16–23
54153.417Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA6–20.75020+4Beat Fresno State 37–7
55-23.443Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–3–10.56354-1Tied Army 17–17
56103.551Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–30.57150-3Beat Arizona 23–0
57-83.586Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–50.37574+3Lost to Auburn 13–52
5863.612NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–3–10.50055-3BYE
59-153.636Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC4–40.50055-1Lost to Duke 27–34
60183.798Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC4–40.50055-4Beat Louisville 31–21
6143.845Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC3–40.42969-4BYE
62-13.871Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B103–50.37574-2Lost to Purdue 13–41
63163.961Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI5–30.62539-5Beat Boston College 35–21
64193.987New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI4–30.57150-1Beat UTEP 41–38
65214.041Iowa (IOWA)B104–40.50055-6Beat Indiana 28–17
66144.043Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–40.42969-5Beat Brown 14–7
67-134.047Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC4–40.50055-6Lost to TCU 26–35
68-114.070Indiana (INDIANA)B104–40.50055-10Lost to Iowa 17–28
69-174.088Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–30.62539+9Lost to UConn 22–28
70-84.112Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC3–3–10.50055-6Lost to Cincinnati 21–31
71-154.112UTEPIND WAC3–50.37574-4Lost to New Mexico State 38–41
72234.194TCUIND SWC3–50.37574-4Beat Texas Tech 35–26
73154.224Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–50.37574-4Beat Kentucky 42–6
74-154.235Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC4–50.44466-8Lost to Marshall 20–31
75124.236Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–50.37574-7Beat SMU 20–10
76-84.284Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA4–40.50055-4Lost to Long Beach State 7–37
7704.336Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–4–10.43867-7Tied Oregon 17–17
78-84.337Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–50.37574-8Lost to Nebraska 3–17
79-54.398Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–50.37574-4Lost to Notre Dame 7–49
80-174.411Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI3–50.37574-8Lost to Tulane 7–14
81134.450Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–5–10.31391-4Beat Northwestern 28–21
82-114.466Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–60.33388-8Lost to West Texas A&M 20–28
83-104.598Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY3–40.42969-7Lost to Yale 3–21
84-84.630Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–40.42969-3Lost to Princeton 20–51
85-44.768William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–50.37574-10Lost to West Virginia 0–31
86-145.008Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–60.25095-5Lost to Minnesota 21–28
87-25.020Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI2–5–10.31391-12Tied Florida State 10–10
88-45.074Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–40.33388-6Lost to Buffalo 21–35
89105.083Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC3–50.37574-13Beat Virginia 23–21
90-15.119Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI2–60.25095-10Lost to Air Force 13–38
91-165.131Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–60.25095-8Lost to Vanderbilt 6–42
92115.132Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–60.33388-8Beat Villanova 27–20
93-35.138Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–60.25095-6Lost to Ohio State 7–62
94-125.248Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC2–60.25095-12Lost to Syracuse 0–23
9555.252Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI2–60.25095-8Beat Georgia Tech 14–7
96-55.323Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI3–50.37574-14Lost to Memphis 7–37
97-15.376Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–60.25095-11Lost to Miami (OH) 21–34
98-65.429Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–50.37574-18Lost to Wake Forest 21–23
99-65.751SMUIND SWC2–60.25095-17Lost to Texas A&M 10–20
10015.905Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI3–50.37574-5Lost to Toledo 21–35
101115.930Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC2–60.25095-7Beat Kent State 31–20
102-55.949San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA1–70.125110-12Lost to BYU 3–21
103105.990Duke (DUKE)ACC2–5–10.31391-17Beat Clemson 34–27
10406.143Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–60.143107-4Lost to Houston 14–47
10526.246Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–70.125110-15Lost to USC 7–28
106-46.256Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–60.143107-15Lost to Arkansas 6–30
10726.464Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–70.125110-15Lost to North Texas 0–47
10826.485East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–50.28694-5Lost to Davidson 27–42
109-46.487Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–60.143107-14Lost to Cornell 7–14
110-46.497New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–60.25095-19Lost to Arizona State 17–48
111-136.632Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–70.125110-14Lost to Miami 10–30
112-46.672Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–70.125110-22Lost to Colorado 14–17
11317.183Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–80.000115-20Lost to Stanford 7–21
11427.582Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–70.000115-19Lost to Texas 14–56
115-47.750Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–60.25095-7Lost to Weber State 7–28
116-18.185Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–80.000115-26Lost to Michigan 0–57
11718.318Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI0–70.000115-26BYE
11828.347Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–70.000115-15Lost to Dartmouth 7–37
119-28.582Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–80.000115-27Lost to North Carolina 11–61
120-18.967Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–5–10.214106-9Lost to Richmond 0–37

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